Unusual Words in the Law of One Series

Unusual Words Found in the Law of One Sessions

with explanations of their contextual meanings.

Thanks to the British seeker of the Law of One who compiled this document, to Carla Rueckert who edited it, and to Gary Bean who suggested adding it to this site.

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Accoutrements	Accessory item of equipment or dress.
Adit	Entrance.
Adonai	A name for the Creator or God.
Allopathic	Having to do with conventional medical treatment (drugs, etc.).
Analog	Person or thing seen as comparable to another, parallel.
Antithetical	Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
Architrave	A main beam resting across the tops of columns, specifically the lower third entablature.
Asperity	Rigor, harshness.
Asseverate	Solemn or emphatic declaration or statement.
Asymptotical	Infinitely approaching zero.
Athanor	A self-contained furnace that can maintain a constant heat.
Buckler	Small round shield held by a handle or worn on the forearm.
Cavil	Make petty or unnecessary objections.
Chaffer	Haggle.
Chary	Cautious, wary, shy, ungenerous.
Chirurgeon	Archaic for surgeon.
Condign	Desired, adequate, helpful.
Contumely	Insolent or insulting language or treatment.
Demesne	Domain: territory over which rule or control is exercised.
Ding an sich	Thing in itself (German).
Ditties	Short, simple songs.
Doughty	Marked by fearless resolution.
Entropy	Gradual decline into disorder or chaos.
Esurient	Hungry or greedy.
Etiolated	Made pale or thin.
Hierophant	Interpreter; priest; in Ra’s terms, the Significator of the Mind.
Honestation	Adornment, grace.
Inchoate	Just begun and so not fully formed or developed, rudimentary.
In esse	In itself.
Irrefragably	Indisputably.
Lacuna	Unfilled space, a gap.
Leitmotif	An element that is frequently repeated in a work and often serves as a guiding or central element within the work.
Limen	Threshold.
Limn	Paint, etch, delineate.
Logos	The Word of God.
Matrix	An environment in which development occurs, a surrounding medium or structure.
Mentations	Mental activity, thinking.
Metaphysical	Non-corporeal.
Milieu	Social and cultural surroundings.
Misprision	Erroneous judgment, misunderstanding.
Moiety	One of two (approximately) equal parts.
Motile	Capable of movement.
Nexus	Connection; a connected group or series.
Nimiety	Excess, superfluity, plenty.
Nonce	The present.
Noumenal	The thing in itself as opposed to the thing in context.
Oriflamme	Inspiring principle, ideal or symbol; banner carried in medieval times.
Plenum	Space filled with matter.
Proem	Preface or preamble; opening apology.
Propinquity	Proximity.
Propitious	Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.
Proximal	Situated nearer to the center [of the body] or the point of attachment.
Puissance	The power to accomplish or achieve; potency.
Redound	Contribute to credit.
Ribband	A ribbon used as a decoration.
Riffled	Turn over something, especially the pages of a book.
Seriatim	Point by point, one after another.
Sigil	A symbol created for a specific magical purpose.
Sine	Trigonometric function that is equal to the ratio of the side opposite a given angle (in a right angle triangle) to the hypotenuse.
Space/time	Physics.
Stannous	Of tin.
Stria	Furrow, linear mark, slight ridge or groove on a surface.
Subtile	Rare, delicate, fine.
Tau	The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (τ).
Teleological	Concerning the purposes a thing or entity serves rather than the postulated causes.
Tesseract	The four-dimensional analog of a cube.
Threnodies	Poems or songs of lamentation.
Timbrel	An ancient percussion instrument similar to a tambourine.
Time/space	In Ra’s metaphysics, the environment of the inner planes and unseen worlds; the reciprocal of space/time (our current reality).
Tocsin	Alarm sounded by bell, a warning signal.
Traduce (1)	Misrepresent (not Ra’s meaning, but the usual one).
Traduce (2)	Transport, transmit - 16th Century (Ra’s intended meaning).

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